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The Kitchen Brigade Positions The basic hierarchy of the classical kitchen brigade system is as follows: Chef de Cusine - the head honcho, or executive chef, in charge of the entire kitchen (basically the general)
Home Culinary Content Culinary Reference The Brigade de Cuisine. Late in the 19th century, in London's Savoy Hotel, Escoffier developed the modern brigade system from the structure he learned while serving in the French Army, . He organized the kitchen into a hierarchy of authority, responsibility, and function.